Keynote: Prof. Nick Lane

UCL, Division of Biosciences

Revolution by Natural Selection: an astrobiological history of life from the inside.

Prof. Jayne Birkby

Astrophysics

How can we understand complexity with necessarily-simple astrophysical observations?

Prof. Claire Nichols

Earth Sciences

How are the building blocks of life delivered to and retained on planets?

Prof. Sonia Antoranz Contera

Condensed Matter Physics

What nano-scale physics underpins the origin and evolution of both unicellular and multicellular life forms?

Prof. Ros Rickaby FRS OBE

Earth Sciences

How does life drive planetary evolution, and vice versa?

Prof. Tim Coulson

Biology

To what extent is the co-evolution of life and planet driven by random chance?